Re: [Qemu-discuss] How to detect old arch?

[Peter Maydell]

On 15 September 2015 at 12:47, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have an ISO fromat via dd from an old scsi unix:
> //////////////////////////
> dd if=/dev/hdc of=./all_files.iso
> //////////////////////
> I have the following information from my iso:
> ///////////////////////////////////
> parted ./all_of_disk.iso print
> Error: /home/mohsen/all_of_disk.iso: unrecognised disk label
> Model:  (file)
> Disk /home/mohsen/all_of_disk.iso: 577MB
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
> Partition Table: unknown
> Disk Flags:
> ////////////////////////////////////
> And :
> /////////////////////////////////
> fdisk -l  ./all_of_disk.iso
> Disk ./all_of_disk.iso: 550.5 MiB, 577241088 bytes, 1127424 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> ///////////////////////////////
>
> I think it's sysv unix. How can I detedct its' arch via qemu?

I would start off by running strings on the iso image, to see if
there's any helpful human-readable text in it that would more
usefully narrow down:
 * what the disk actually has on it
 * what OS it is
 * what CPU architecture it's for

Then you can probably make an educated guess at the image
format.

thanks
-- PMM